abatableadj.
/əˈbeɪtəbl/, U.S. /əˈbeɪdəbəl/ Chiefly Law.
That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate v.1).
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > capable of revocation
abatablec1430
revocablea1500
abrogable?1550
revokable1584
abolishable1660
cancellable1675
c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 372/2 The acquyttance is abatabill and impugnabill.
1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 7 §3 No writt action or suite shall for suche cawse in anny wise be abatable or abated.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Bb4/2 And if any writ of entry be conceiued out of the right case, so that one forme be brought for another, it is abatable.
1659 G. Lawson Theo-politica ii. xx. 278 Some of these [sc. judgments upon mankind], or some part of them may be in some measure removeable, or abateable.
a1737 N. Pigott Treat. Common Recoveries (1739) 186 The Matter, that makes the Writ abatable, will not avoid it, if it be not pleaded in Abatement.
1798 T. Green Exam. New Syst. Morals 14 Then whatever obstructs us in the pursuit of this good, is an abatable nuisance.
1821 1 & 2 Geo. IV c. 41, §1 By law, every such nuisance, being of a public nature, is abateable as such by indictment.
1932 Times 2 Sept. 13/4 The quiet which reigns in certain studious enclosures in the heart of London, where abatable noises are kept down by agreement of the occupants.
1961 Times 25 Sept. 2/6 Minimum salary abatable by £25 for each year short of these requirements.
2005 Occup. & Environ. Med. 62 618/1 Population attributable risk..was computed to estimate the amount of disease or condition abatable by eliminating the exposure to the specific risk factor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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